What Does Giving Birth Feel Like?

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Where does it hurt? What do contractions feel like? I've never had a child and have no idea what it feels like. I know it must feel horrible tho.

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I had an epidural with my two daughters but even through the epidural, the pressure in my vagina was terrible. You know when you have to poo and can't go to the bathroom because there's not one around? That horrible painful pressure? And it's only a bit of feces? This time it's an 8 pound baby. Contractions are like an extreme tightening in your stomach that can take your breath away.

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It is very painful! There really is no other way to explain except maybe ur worst cramp ever times a hundred. The good thing is it is all worth it and when its over u don't even think about it all u do is focus on ur cute new arrival!

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Like period but much worse

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I hate labor pains in the worst way! My husband asked me how does it feel to give birth. My response was for him to imagine a buick driving up his pee hole.... scared the crap out of him lol

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Feel like the worst period cramps it the world !! At frist it feels like tightning but you kinda loose that is you progress and pushing feels amazing!!!!! Such relief natural birth twice :)

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I had a 36 hour labor. I have IBS and to me, the contractions felt like really severe IBS cramps. The nurses ended up having to give me an epidural just to get me in bed and away from the toilet since it's the only place I felt okay.

That lasted a few hours so at least I got a couple hours of sleep but it wore off and no one believed me. I went for an emergency c section and they tested the epidural and realized I was right ?

Anesthesia came and gave me a spinal, and it was instant relief. Greatest thing ever, lol. Shortly afterward, I was shaking from the drop in hormones and someone handed me a baby. I was thrilled to see her, but all I really wanted was a long warm nap.

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I actually loved giving birth and would do it a thousand times over... I had an epidural and slept through most of my 48hours of labor and once I was finally allowed to push it was awesome. There really aren't words to describe birth. There's a lot of things it's "similar" to but nothing compares. It's nothing to worry about, though. Relaxing is the best thing you can do.?

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I wouldn't say horrible...labor is something we all experience differently...for me I had back labor and had overwhelming feeling of needing to go to the bathroom. Contractions are intense as you get closer to full dilation.  It pretty much comes down to your personal pain tolerance...but the drugs available to you do indeed help.

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Honestly, it depends on the person. I've seen ladies roll in here at 10 and saying they're cramping and 3 pushes they've got a baby and I've seen women come in screaming that they're dying and there only at 3. It's all individual.

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You forget the pain as soon as you see the lil baby:)

What Does Giving Birth Feel Like?

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